November 2008 - Cooing babies, tired ladies

[LackaDAISYcal]

now I'm off to catch up.

OOh all day sitting in bed/bath with baby sounds glorious!

Sorry to hear about your boobs, barbs you are not having a good time of it.

I agree with obs I always aim for 7, sometimes it 6:30, sometimes it's 8pm, but usually it's 7- 7:30.

I just keep doing the night/day thing until they get it. Sometimes it can take months and months and months. AHH but I do love DD1 to bits, honest I do! EVen if she was a complete sleep thief!
I just stopped thinking about 'getting her to bed on time' and fed and cuddled her in the dark until she was ready to sleep. It worked eventually. If you get too hung up on the time/how tired you are it just makes everything seem frustrating and stressful.

I don't do dream feeds.

yup sleepy after jabs very normal.

And you are doing fabulously well.

Daisy I will have your double ...But I think sending it to Italy will probably cost as much as buying one here ! Hope Bumble is ok .
I went shopping alone yesterday thats a first - I raced round like a loon bought nothing for me and came home knackered . Next me time I must get my hair cut I look a mess! Minirosa had a bottle as I went last minute and no time to express as a result my left boob is still agony and has a white freckle on it !!!
Have a great time meeting up and come back and report !!!
Barbs Minirosa went though a period of pooing every 4 - 5 days ( I posted about it i think) she has now gone back to just about every feed and explosive noisy farty ones they are as well . ( Rosa checks diet )

rosa is your freckle a blister? feeling reassured that minirosa changed pooing habits and all was well!
furry do you feed Imi after she goes to bed? i know what you mean about being hung up about stuff - i trynot to get hopes up as
there is no disappoinment then!

barbs if she wakes up asking for it, I do. Sometimes they just wake up a little bit and go back to sleep, I think that"s prolly a natural sleep pattern, not food, IYswim

barbs, try a hot flannel; as hot as you can bear and keep it there for a few minutes before feeding W. By all means give it a squeeze to see if it will pop, but the advice now is not to try and burst them with a sterile needle for the risk of introducing infection in there.

kellymom on milk blisters

lol obs, I love that outlook on life

I have achieved the princley sum of nothing today. Not sure how much longer DH is going to put up with a wife who does none of the usual wifely things

re bedtime have been aiming for 9.30! worried that w wouln't be able to sleep til 7amif he goes earlier. if i try for 7/8 tonight should i wake and feed or wait til he wakes. don't kno what to do!

there are clearly two camps on this question- you'll have to decide for yourself

daisy how about my other mantra- if you've hoovered, you achieved! I tend to wizz the va over the sitting room- feels like I've madean effort

that's vac

Re: dreamfeed, after much indecision, I finally decided not to bother with it anymore and try to let P develop his own routine. Last night he was in bed asleep at 7.30, woke for a feed at 2.30 then slept through till 7. This is AMAZING, as he has been waking 3 times a night up to now. Could be a fluke I know, might be very different tonight, but I feel happy in my head now that I have made a firm decision to drop the dreamfeed, as before I was doing it some nights an then not bothering other nights, so there was no consistency. I don't mind if he never sleeps through the night and carries on waking up once, that is definitely doable. Thanks to Daisy for the good advice.

Looking forward to seeing all you Northern ladies tomorrow

lacks - might be interesting in the buggy ... any ideas how much? i would need to have a word with DH depending.

get together - are you ladies ok with the fact that DS has cold? At the minute just a runny nose but if he is more poorly tomorrow then obviously i wouldnt be coming.

juantad that sounds like me! i dropped the dream feed too last night and my little bundle slept till similiar times as yours! definately not waking him again tonight.

barbs i also think you are doing an amazing job with your little man, you have not had an easy time with the feeding yet have kept it up and obviously W is doing very well! try not to be so hard on yourself and daisys suggestion sounds lovely

waves to everyone else

have a lovely day tmw

You do realise it is going to be really quiet on this thread tomorrow - all the chatty ones will be busy

Sam had his jabs this morning at 10 and has pretty much slept ever since - apart from briefly waking for his bottles - so glad to see the sleepiness is normal afterwards. Bless him - he only screamed briefly when they pricked him and that was it!

Vbab I don't mind if DS has a cold - my DS1 permanently has a cold/runny nose so Sam is prolly used to it by now

Right have to dash - I promised DH I would clear out some of the clothes out of the junk spare room as we really need to get it cleared and decorated for DS1 to move into it asap!

ceebee - any idea what time meeting until? Not that I am wanting to rush off early or anything but would like to try and get home before it's dark to sort out kiddies on my todd (DH going out with lads for his birthday).

barbs - sorry missed post. You are an amazing lady doing a fantastic job. No bull. Hope you feel better soon.

Look at all you lot chatting away all day - I am trying my best to keep up - as 8ceebee* says, probably do that tomorrow morning when all the chatters are meeting up - bet you're still in the TC at midnight gassing away

Wish I was coming, wonder if we will ever have a thread where we all meet up?! Has that ever happened I wonder?

all good here, nothing to report, as life continues in the same way.....my mum is babysitting all 3 DC's this saturday so DH and I can go out - she even offered a sleepover

thanks daisy and ladybuzz and ellielou for posting on my 'allergies' thread and hana also. very complicated this eczema/skin care area - hundreds of variables for solutions it seems...the infection has gone and his skin is definitely better now so hopefully not eczema, but have banished Johnson's products (apparently work of the devil) and shall find the right skin care routine for him. thanks for your advice/suggestions. (was i naive/ignorant for thinking babies didn't need skin care routines??)

those who are meeting up tomorrow, hope you all have a great day! seems like everyone is up north - is there anyone london based??

barbs feel better soon!

just had a lovely walk out and heard a very spring - like blackbird!
Am no domestic goddess daisy and like furry am thrilled if I manage a hoover!!

Hope you all have a lovely time tomorrow (did i already say that?)

londonboots where abouts are you??? We have a few londoner's on this thread who do meet up - hopefully you are near us!!

Forgot to say, it is me who uses burts bee's - I love it as both my elder DC's had v.dry skin/eczema at times, and it is the only thing that keeps all of their skin baby soft - I use the whole range and some from erbaviva which again are all natural

thanks dozy.

I'm central london...pretty easy for me to get anywhere from here though!

dozy, I'll fb you re the buggy

oh, and glad the not waking at 10.30 worked for you jaunita and chocgal....

vbab, mine are a bit snotty as well, so I have no objection to DS being there......and stop looking for excuses!!!!

daisy sorry keep calling you lacks - could you email me the details of the buggy - [email protected]? No probs if you would rather not. will look on ebay.

RUTH - Totally up to you but wondered if you wanted to meet up in meadowhall car park tomorrow AM and see if Fin seaT will fit in my car. if so i will drive. I tried the car earlier and DS seat, A current seat and DS old maxi cosi cabrio fitted but the door wouldnt slightly shut! POO. But wondered if I put A in the cabrio maybe 2 cabrio's and DS seat would fit. Dont know without trying.
NO PROBS IF YOU WOULD RATHER MAKE YOUR OWN WAY WILL JUST SEE YOU AND FIN THERE. [GRIN]